Chapter 18: Before the Storm
() Meditation Hall of the Papal Basilica of St. Papal Island
A short beep sounded, the secret passage opened, and the paladin with a pure black cloak appeared before Pope Freio I
It has been reported that His Majesty the Pope has been missing for twelve years, and that there is news for Sophia Madan, the princess of the Pope kingdom of Poe
The Pope shook slightly
Melitgar raised his head, more than a month ago, the Gamboki people living in the Fayele Empire moved to the southern kingdom of Pole because they could not stand the persecution of the imperial authorities, and they were attacked by a necromancer in the mountains of Lamer, when a young priest who followed the actions of the Gamboki suddenly appeared and defeated the necromancer, and it was later determined that this priestess was the former princess of Pole, Sophia Madan
Go on
A little over a month later, when the Gamboki's convoy arrived in the town of Kaloguel in the Kingdom of Pole, Sofia parted ways with the Gamboki, and in the far outskirts of Kaloguir, Sofia was attacked by a bounty hunter who had been promoted in recent years, who had defeated the bounty hunter and was now accompanying him to heal his wounds in the town of Kaloguir
Is the message accurate, the Pope asked
It has been confirmed by many parties to be absolutely accurate
The Pope thought for a moment and asked, "So there is another group besides us who is fighting Sophia's idea."
Meritgar did not answer, knowing that the Pope was talking to himself, and at the same time thinking about something, in which case Meritgar would have better remain silent
Meritgar immediately sent someone to investigate who that group was, whether it was the Pope sent by the necromancer who she had defeated
Obey the order, Meritgar immediately went to do it, Meritgar nodded, yes, His Majesty the Pope, although the exiled princess is still in the town of Kaloguer, our intelligence officers who stayed there said that she showed signs of leaving, and there was no need to send someone to arrest her
There is no need for the Pope to shake his head, after all, it is the Kingdom of Pole, not the kind of place where the Fayele Empire can be moved at any time, and the transfer of a large number of people will inevitably attract the attention of the Pole authorities, that Duris is not an ordinary person
The Pope's words were filled with helplessness, but more with anger, and with an unexpected existence of the Church that could not be controlled by the Central Church, the number of variables brought to the plan that the Holy See had prepared for centuries, and how many variables it had brought to the Church, and that trouble would be left to be resolved later
His Majesty the Pope, I have a question, said Miritgar
say
Now, the prison warden Buyos and his gang are operating around the mainland, not only are they making waves in the Glorious Continent, but they also extend their tentacles to the Galaxy Continent to report that there is an incident of necromancers collecting corpses on the battlefields of the war between Sealand and Medin, and this group of people is a threat to the Illuminati society under our rule, with the strong strength of our Central Church and the Knights Templar, why don't we delay eliminating this unstable dìng factor?
The death of a few more people is still unstable for us, and this kind of cold-blooded words actually came from the mouth of the Pope, who is known as the incarnation of God, even if we don't make a move, someone will solve this trouble for us
But the Pope ...... What else did Merit Gaal want to say
Raising his hand, the Pope interrupted him: "Meritgar, you have enough questions today
Please forgive your majesty Xià realized that she was out of shape, and Meritgar immediately became sincerely frightened
Forget it, you go back, I need to meditate, and the Pope waved his hand to signal Meritgar to stand down
Meritgar stood up and saluted, then turned and retreated towards the entrance to the secret passage
Waiting for the Pope's words made Meritgar stop
What are the commands, the Honorable Pope, Meritgar, stopped at the entrance of the secret passage, and turned to face the Pope
Have the guards of the Tower of Seven Sins been found?
At present, there is still a shortage of guards on the 'arrogant' floor, and the guards on the other six floors are ready, but the suitable candidate for the person who is currently lacking has already been found, just waiting for the right time
Well, you step aside
A deserted town in the western part of the Fayale Empire
You really have the face to come back to the Throne of Bones, and the warden of Hades, Byos, spoke with anger
I failed in my mission, and asked my master to punish him, and Raqilu knelt on the ground again, and the right half of his body had been completely burned into a skeleton by the flames, and it was not easy to hold on to such a body until now
The phosphorus fire that surrounded the Throne of Bones suddenly all converged towards Raqiru, and swirled rapidly around Raqiru's tattered body
Ahh
Half an hour later, the torture was over, and Raqilu gradually woke up
This...... Looking at his completely repaired body, Raqilu felt incredible, and then he understood what was going on, thank you, master
Now is the time to use people, give you a chance to make meritorious contributions, there is a voice without any emotion from behind the black mask, our enemy is not simple, the Central Church is not in a hurry to deal with us, we must want to wait until we and the enemy are both defeated, sit and reap the benefits, hum, the Pope, this old donkey, Raqilu, because the Golden Dragon clan interfered with your original task, you don't have to carry out the original task, now I will hand over another task to you, due to our activities, the Templar troops are stationed all over the Fayele Empire, your task is to provoke the contradictions between the Templars and the Empire, and let them fight themselves
But...... Raqilu was a little embarrassed
Didn't you and Shanke succeed in making the Kingdom of Sealand and the Kingdom of Medin go to war on the Star River Continent that day, with this experience, what is the difficulty of the following things, Raqilu felt that the master was very displeased
The two countries have been grudging for centuries, and your servant has only lit a fire, and Raqilu has spoken out about his difficulties, but there seems to be no contradiction between the Central Curia and the Fayle Empire, and it is not easy for them to fight
I know this, Buyos nodded, the Yale Empire is a unified whole on the surface, Emperor Lockz I seems to be in power, but in fact, the country has long been divided, and a large-scale civil war may break out at any time, and now several forces in the empire are trying to recruit troops and accumulate strength, and they will accept all the forces that can make them strong regardless of it, which just gives us an opportunity to bear, what to do below, Laqilu, should not need me to teach it
Yes, Raqilu obeyed his master's words, and he began to have some eyebrows
Also, I'll ask Gliston to help you, he's in a nobleman's castle recuperating from his injuries, go find him
In the castle of the Viscount of Gveva in the southwestern part of the Fayeru Empire
Your Excellency, Viscount, what guests have you brought today, a gloomy voice came from a cell in the castle dungeon
You can hear different footsteps, Master, it seems that you have fully recovered from your injuries, and another voice is coming from the entrance of the dungeon, come on, let me introduce a distinguished guest to the Master......
Wait, Viscount Gveva, how can you let the master live in such a place, the distinguished guest interrupted the Viscount, apparently he was extremely unaccustomed to the dark, damp and musty smell of the dungeon
This one...... The viscount wanted to explain, but he didn't know where to start for a moment
Please don't blame the people in the viscount's cell, from the conversation between the two, I already know the master-slave relationship between them, I asked to come to this dungeon to recuperate, the bright and luxurious rooms above are not only crowded, but also not suitable for my magic practice, the environment here is better than my original dark magic practice, more than ten times better
Saying that, the two of them had already walked to the front of the cell where the so-called master lived, and all the cells were empty all the way, and in order to take care of the master, the viscount had already cleared the prisoners in the dungeon
Your Highness, this is the 'Master' I told you, and Viscount Griston, nicknamed 'The Corpse Cleaner', introduced the necromancer sitting in the cell to a man standing beside him, this is His Royal Highness the most honorable 'Prince Carloton' in the Empire, and then the Viscount introduced the man next to him to the necromancer
Griston looked at the man, he was about 40 years old, dressed in gorgeous aristocratic costumes, and although he smiled respectfully, Griston could read the arrogance and disgust hidden under his smile, indeed, in the three continents of Olopa, necromancers are an extremely disgusting group, if it is not for the purpose of taking advantage of each other, how could these two proud nobles have a relationship with a necromancer
Griston, who was very aware of the status of necromancers on the continent, didn't care about the prince's attitude, but he noticed his title, Prince Carloton, so are you the third prince of the former empire, Griston said, I remember that you should still be under house arrest by your brother, right, how did you appear here, forget it, just come in and talk about something
The door of the cell was hidden, and the two nobles could enter and come out at any time, but at this time, the two nobles who were now in trouble were in distress by Griston's request, and the prince looked at the dusty bed niche inside, and frowned, and he was thinking about whether to go in, while the viscount was very nervous, but worried that the prince would leave because of this, which would affect his future impression in the prince's mind
Seeing the reaction of the two nobles, the necromancer was not angry because he knew that he still had to rely on these nobles to do things, once the master's plan to enter the continent was successful, and these nobles who had lost their use value would become a member of the skeleton army, and he had nothing to be angry with the two future skeleton soldiers
The Prince, however, only frowned, and without hesitation, went into the cell, sat down in the filthy alcove opposite the necromancer, and the Viscount followed suit
This middle-aged aristocratic man known as Prince Carloton was the third prince of the Fayele Empire, Charcopier Heath, who was canonized as Prince Carloton after his eldest brother Charlotte Heather ascended the throne. The unenterprising gentleman can't do great things, so that he is still under house arrest by his brother in disguise, this house arrest has lasted for more than ten years, but this is just a mask of Xia Kepil, he is not as powerful as the eldest brother, nor is he like the second brother who dares to fight hard with the eldest brother, and he does not have the great career of the fourth brother, but he has a mask that can deceive everyone, this mask is his cynical face, in fact, Xia Ke Pier has long been out of his brother's house arrest, just on the first day of Charlottes' house arrest of Xia Ke Pier in the name of protection, a pre-dug secret passage under the Xia Ke Pier Mansion was officially opened, and the Xia Ke Pier who has been enjoying the wine and the woman in his house for a long time has been in his house brotherIt's just a stand-in
Over the years, Chacopier has concealed all the eyes and ears of Emperor Charlotte I, taking advantage of the chaotic situation in the empire to recruit troops everywhere and secretly expand his strength, with only one purpose: to overthrow his brother and ascend to the throne of the emperor himself, because his current strength is still very weak, so he needs to recruit any power that can be used, including the necromancer who is spurned by the world, the necromancer just now asked him to enter the cell that the prisoner will only enter, and sit on the dirty alcove to talk to himself, this action has angered Chacopier, but he is overjoyed, he has great endurance, because he needs the power of the necromancer now, if he succeeds in ascending the throne of the emperor...... Hum
But how could the slight change in the prince's expression hide from the eyes of the necromancer who had lived long enough in this world, but he didn't say anything, and both of them had the same plan
After some boring etiquette and cold noise, the two discussed the specific situation for a long time
Master, my eldest imperial brother has fallen into a semi-crazy state, last month he killed a total of fifteen ministers, even my second imperial brother who had been in a coma for more than ten years was poisoned and died in his sleep, if we don't hurry up, maybe it will be my turn tomorrow, the prince said something very anxious, but his expression was very relaxed, obviously the truth was not as strict as he said, he just wanted to test the attitude of the necromancer opposite
Well...... Griston pondered, my army of ghouls has been wiped out, and it will take a while to re-establish the army of ghouls, otherwise what will I do to support you, Your Excellency, Honorable Prince, don't you have a secret way to escape, if the emperor really wants to do it in these days, you will not be in any danger
A sneer hung on the corner of Xia Kepil's mouth, this Gliston is really not easy to give, but he is not in a hurry to reveal his hole cards: Master Gliston, if I flee because I was persecuted by the imperial brother, then it means that there is no enough power to fight him in the empire, and at that time, he will completely control all the empire, my imperial brother, he treats you necromancers as kindly as me, we discussed in advance that the tens of thousands of corpses supplied to you will probably be in vain
Griston was about to say something, and suddenly, the surrounding elements fluctuated violently, and a white ball of teleportation magic light appeared out of thin air in the gloomy cell
Viscount Gveeva, who had not dared to make a sound until his Royal Highness, immediately stopped in front of Chacopil, who looked at the reaction of the teleportation magic and looked quite calm, not particularly nervous - this was just an appearance, in fact, he was worried about this sudden change, and no one knew what would happen next
Don't worry, Your Excellency, Your Royal Highness, the Prince, he is his own person, compared to Viscount Gveyva's surprise and Charcobil's feigned calmness, but Greston is truly idle
After the teleportation magic reaction was over, a person walked out of the ball of light slowly: Gliston, this place you are looking for is really good to recuperate, it is none other than Raqilu
I thought the master would send Shank or Vladimir over, but I didn't expect it to be you, Griston said lightly
Excuse me, after the master understood the identity of the comer and the relationship between him and Greston, Charcopier was sure that this man was not an enemy, at least not for the time being
His Royal Highness the Prince, this is the 'Curse Master' who is good at curses, and Griston introduced to both sides, by the way, these two are our partners in the Empire, Prince Carloton, and Viscount Gveeva
Raqilu bowed slightly to the two of them, revealing a subtle smile.